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Tractor-trailer overturns near Wayne County farm; 55 hogs killed
Dozens of hogs were killed early Monday when a tractor-trailer overturned on 435 Dobbersville Road in Wayne County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Posted — UpdatedGOLDSBORO, N.C. — Dozens of hogs were killed early Monday when a tractor-trailer overturned on 435 Dobbersville Road in Wayne County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the driver of the tractor-trailer, 24-year-old Daniel Raike of Richlands, was driving too fast, hit a curb and flipped the truck. Raike was not seriously injured, but 55 of the 176 hogs in the load he was carrying died.
"It appears the tractor-trailer was coming around a curve and lost control," Trooper Jeremy Holloman said. "We've got a lot of casualties."
Raike was charged with exceeding a safe speed.
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